Pad holder



July 4, 1933. J. B. KEMP 1,916,730

PAD HOLDER Filed Aug. 9, 1930 A ORNEYS Patented July 4, 1933- I UNITED I STATES PATENT "OFFIC I f JOHN 1a. KEMP, or mnenwoon NEW JERSEY, essrsnoa To cLARx Loos'E LEAr MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION ornr w YORK PAD HOLDER- Application filed August 9, 1930. Serial No. 474,1i22fi :This invention relates to pad holders, and.

is particularly concerned with the provision of a pad holder for use with continuous dated or calendar pads. l

5 It is. among the objects of the present invention to provide a pad holder arranged to receive and to support a bodily removable collocated stack of memorandum sheets.

. Another object is to provide a'pad holder 16 which will removably receive the pad to permit its removal whereby the sheets may be turned to expose the next adjacent sheet without removal of the previous sheet from the,

' supported on the surface may be manipu stack; I I

. Another-object is to provide a padholder adapted to receiveand support against accidentali displacement the stack of memos randum or calendar sheets which are secured in collocatedt position by the provision of. 3 ring securing members. i

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a pad and pad holder assembly arranged. to display any desiredsheet of the pad with out removal of any other sheet in the pad.

23 Another object is toprovide a pad holder which is arranged to receive a pad" and to permit its bodily removal, while at the sametimepreventing accidental longitudinal or transverse dislodgment of'the pad from.

the holder! i Another object is to in appearance, simple in construction and may be readily or 'BEl-SllV operated.

Other objects of he invention will beapparent from a consideration of the following specification taken in conjunction with,

the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one preferred.

view of :the pad a base plate 10 the front edge of which is. 502 upwardly curved, as at 11, the plate beingv provide a device of the character set'forth, and which is artistic motif.

arranged to be supported in sloping relation to a sloping surface by a pair of suitable supporting legs 12' which, as. illustrated in Fig. 4, preferably comprise a tubular pad receiving in its lower end a cushion pad 1365 and receiving in its upper end a -headed securing screw 14 the head of which bears against the upper-face of the pl-ate to remov ably secure the; legsv in position. v v

The base 10 at its forward edge is bifurcated by the provision of a (Ientralslot- 15', which provides a finger hole through the end by which the ends of the leaves of a pad 16 lated. The device: is specifically designed as 6a a dated memorandum pad or calendar, the leaves being loosely secured incollocated positionby suitablesecuring rings 1Z.- Adjacent therear edge, tlie base 10 is provided f with elongated apertures 18 which are adapted to receive therethrough the lower portions of the rings soastoprevent transverse movement of the padupon'thebase.

The rear end of the base also includes a I positioning bracket 19 which is substantially U-shaped, the legs 20thereo f-form=ing the sides of the holder and including end extensions 2-1 which areadapted to be received through suitable apertures in the base for locking the-bracket in POSltlOIlL The intermediate portion of the U constitutes the back of the holder and includes an extended por-J tion 22, which is received through the base to; assist in securing a bracket thereon. I

The assembly is completed by theprovision:

Z of the top or cover plate 23, which is secured to'inturnedfian-gesfll of the sides 20 by suitable rivets 25 or their equivalent. I-t-Willbeunderstood that the bracket 19 and; its cover piece 23 may be of any'desired artistic design and maybe configured in any. appropriate In the operation of the device itflwil li be seen that the; pad may; be inserted with the rings attachedby,permitting the? lower por tions of the-rings to extend through the apertures 18, which will permit the pad to lie directly'on the surface 10 and to be moved V backwardly tillthe back of the rings strike. I the intermediate portion of the U bracket.

It Will be seen that the circular rings hold the sheets of the pad in oiiset relation so as to provide a convex outer end thereof. The

outer convex end is in part received in and the Width of the pad and therefore snugly embraces the upper edge oi the pad and retains the rings in extended position-downwardly through the apertures 18. Thus upon removal of the pad the loWer edge must be lifted from the curved extension 11 and the pad moved down longitudinally of the base till the rings'are free from the cover 23.

It Will be seen that the structure provides forthe bodily removal of the complete pad. Thus after the pad is removed, the upper sheet may be moved around the rings to lie upon the bottom of the pad and thus the next .sheet Will be exposed Without removal of any of the sheets. Bythis construction, continuous calendar or memorandum pad is provided in' Which all memoranda may be permanently retained. 1 a V It Will thusbe seen that there is herein de scribed apparatus in which the several tea- I tures of this invention are embodied, and

which apparatus in its action attains the various objects of the invention and is Well suited to meet the requirements of practical use."

As many changes could be made in the above construction, and many apparently Widely difiierent embodiments of this invention could be made Without departing fromthe scope thereof, it is intended that all matter' contained-"in the above description or shown in theaccompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is: I

1. A pad holder including a base, apertured to receive projecting portions of rings, forming binders for a padof leaves, whereby i to prevent sidewise displacement of the pad,

said base including abracket at one end adapted to engage said rings to prevent rear- Ward movement of the pad, said bracket including a. cover member adapted to receive the upper portions of the rings to retain the rings in the apertures of thebase against upward movement therefrom.

2. A pad holder including a base, apering short of the ends of the apertures to per- 1 mit longitudinal movement of the rings to a posit1on beyond the end oi said cover member. Y i

3. A pad holder including a supporting base, apertured to receive portions of rings, forming blnders' for a pad of leaves, and a bracket carried by the base. and forming .an

end embracing structure for the'pad and an abutment for therings; I 1

4. A pad holder including a supporting base, apertured to receive portions of rings, forming binders for a; pad of leaves, a bracket carried byone end of the base and forming an end embraclng P01131011 for the pad and an abutment for the rings, and a cover member at said bracketend-of said basearranged I to contact the upper portions of the rings to retain the rings in the apertures of the base and against upward movement therefrom.

5. A pad holder includinga base plate 'hav ing a plurality of parallel slots adjacent .one end thereof to receive projecting portions of rings forming binders for a pad ofleaves, and an abutment at the opposite endof said baseplate to engage said leaves.

6. A pad holder including a base plate having a plurality of parallel slots adjacent one end thereof to receive projecting portions of rings forming binders for a pad of leaves, a

bracket carried by said base plate and cent said slots, said bracket carrying a cover plate, said base plate, bracket and cover plate forming a casing adapted to house the rings forming the binders of the pad.

7. A pad holder including a base plate having a plurality of parallel slots adjacent one end thereof to receive projecting portions.

of rings forming binders for a pad of leaves, a bracket member adjacent said slots, and an abutm nt member for the leaves of thepad at the opposite end of said baseplate', said bracket and said abutment member forming alining means for the leaves.

This specification signed this lth day of August, 1930. I i JOHN B. KEMP. 

